Wave2Wave Communications Inc. and its affiliates ("Wave2Wave") have
established this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") pertaining to the use of
its Internet access, web hosting and other services by customers. This
AUP is intended to prevent customers from engaging in practices that
are illegal or that impair the security and reliability of Wave2Wave's
or other parties' computer systems and networks. This AUP is not
intended to be interpreted as or used as a substitute for the advice of
legal counsel and each customer is advised to obtain its own legal
advice with respect to legal matters related to the use of the
Internet.
This AUP may be revised by Wave2Wave from time-to-time to address
new developments and issues that arise from innovations, enhancements
and inventions that affect the use of the Internet at large and
Wave2Wave's network in particular. Any such revisions adopted by
Wave2Wave will be binding upon its customers.
1. Customers may use Wave2Wave's network and
services only for lawful purposes. The use of Wave2Wave's network and
services in violation of the laws, rules, regulations and ordinances of
the United States, the State of New York, other applicable States and
localities or applicable foreign jurisdictions is prohibited.
2. Customers may not use its Internet
connections or Wave2Wave's services to promote, offer or advocate any
service or activity that can be reasonably construed as pornographic,
that violates the right or privacy of any individual or entity, or that
constitutes an illegal activity under any applicable law, regulation,
ordinance, or order or decree of any court or government authority.
3. Customers are prohibited from: * Using
Wave2Wave's network and services to transmit any information that
violates or infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory,
common law or proprietary right of any other person or entity; * Using
Wave2Wave's network and services to transmit any information that
contains any libelous statement; * Circumventing or undermining the
user authentication or security protocols of any host, network, or
account or gaining unauthorized access to the computing systems or
networks of other parties (referred to as "cracking" or "hacking"); *
Interfering with service to any user, host, or network (referred to as
"denial of service attacks"); * Knowingly transmitting any computer
virus or other program that will have the effect of damaging or
corrupting other Internet users' computer systems or networks; *
Sending an unsolicited advertisement or electronic mail to an email
address of an individual with whom such person lacks a pre-existing and
ongoing business or personal relationship unless said individual
provides express invitation or consent; * Sending unsolicited bulk mail
messages ("junk mail" or "spam") of any kind (commercial advertising,
political tracts and announcements); * Posting the same or similar
messages to large numbers of newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or
multiple-posting, also known as "USENET spam"); * Forging header
information. Soliciting mail for any other address other than that of
the customer, except with full consent of the owner of that address; *
Forwarding or propagating chain letters or malicious email; * Engaging
in any application or use of the customer's Internet connection that
overloads Wave2Wave's network; * Using IP multicast other than by means
provided and coordinated by Wave2Wave; or * Using Wave2Wave's network
and services to impersonate another person or entity or misrepresent
itself as having authority to represent another person or entity,
including but not limited to Wave2Wave.
4. Customers may use their Wave2Wave Internet
connection to link into other networks worldwide, provided that in all
such cases, the customer complies in all respects with the acceptable
use policies of those networks.
5. Customers are responsible for all uses of their Internet
connection by other persons, whether or not such use or person was
authorized by the customer. All matters set forth in this AUP that
apply to customers shall also apply to all users of customers' Internet
connection by their employees and other users. 6. Wave2Wave reserves
the right to remove from its network any material or data that violates
any provision of this AUP and to suspend or terminate, in its
discretion, the use of its network and services by any customer that
violates any provision of this AUP. 7. The rules set forth in this AUP
apply to any Internet-based distribution medium and any other
application using the Internet (e.g. Usenet news, fax-like documents
over the Internet). 8. The rules set forth in this AUP apply even if a
customer uses another site's server to relay its communications.
Questions about this policy should be emailed to
support@wave2wave.com